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Monday Jul 20, 2009

eWEEK’s
Jeff Cogswell
reviewed
NetBeans IDE 6.7, concluding that while
NetBeans 6.7 is a .7
release
in name, it “includes so many new features it could rightfully receive
a
full version increment.” Jeff
spent the majority of
his time testing NetBeans’ integration with Project Kenai, a new
feature
he called “one of the biggest improvements.”

The
reviewer, who had in the past experienced frequent difficulties with
“getting a new project installed on a new developer’s
computer,” wrote, “Now, with the NetBeans IDE, you can easily avoid
such problems” by creating a project and uploading it to Kenai.

Jeff
also praised
the ability for developers to access various Project Kenai features
such as
full support for source code repositories directly through the NetBeans
IDE,
“without the need to interact with the site itself.”
He also made special mention of NetBeans’ convenient chat software,
which
he called “pretty handy for communicating with the project members in
real time.”

After
thoroughly testing Kenai integration and running into
very few problems, Jeff offered a final verdict: “All-in-all,
I had a
good experience with the Kenai integration into NetBeans IDE.”

Tuesday Mar 31, 2009

1. NetBeans,
Subversion and Symlinks -- RobertBolton.com, 3/21
Robert Bolton has started using NetBeans for PHP coding and is
generally happy with it. However, some specific behaviors in Subversion
plugins and symlinks are bugging him.

2. Ruby
on Rails IDE for beginners -- Indu's Ecosystem, 3/20
Indudhar Devanath gives a run down of Ruby on Rails IDE's for beginner,
noting good support for RoR in NetBeans. He states that this Java-based
IDE comes bundled with Glassfish V3 Prelude and RoR learning trails
that make it an ideal choice for beginners.

3. Notepad++
for PHP development -- Codingspace.org, 3/20
Arjen de Korte has recently discovered NetBeans and finds it an
"amazing software that has support for PHP code coloring, completion
and step-by-step debugging using xdebug."

4. Or
not aptana /o\\ -- Spoonerisms, 3/20
The blogger notes that NetBeans offers a Ruby-only install that
integrated extremely well into Rails development. "I'm feeling hopeful
about it," he adds.

5. NetBeans
6.7 - I Like Where Things are Going (Initial Impressions) --
Creanium.net, 3/19
John Crean is impressed with the latest version of NetBeans as it
offers greater platform integration and faster accessibility. "Upon
first launch, I noticed the window and all the elements in the
interface had a much better look to them, one more consistent with the
general OS X look-and-feel (specifically 10.5 Leopard)," he notes.

6. The
new NetBeans look on OS X -- There is nothing more deceptive than
an obvious fact!, 3/19
Ranjith Chandran downloads the latest development build of NetBeans and
finds that the UI look on OS X is by far the best he has ever seen in
any Java IDE. "Look-wise it rocks," says Ranjith.

7. NetBeans ahoy --
Meluski.com, 3/18
The blogger uses NetBeans as his primary development tool for PHP
coding and his "mind is blown." He is also happy to notice that apart
from the PHP editor working well with MAMP tools running on a Mac OS
10.4, NetBeans also features support for XDebug, "a handy application"
for debugging.

Friday Mar 13, 2009

1. Switched
to NetBeans from Eclipse IDE -- Now Talking!, 3/10
Louie Miranda tried NetBeans after hearing positive feedback on the
CakePHP mailing list and concluded, "For now, I am saying goodbye to
Eclipse and will be switching to NetBeans!"

2. IDE,
IDE, IDE, the IDE's of
March -- Dante's Journal, 3/9
Dante Daffodil used NetBeans to make tight and portable Java-based web
pages and programs. He liked that NetBeans not only supported C++
applications, but it could also make portable codes.

3. NetBeans
- Working with XML Schemas -- Java Hair, 3/9
While working with XML schemas, Robert Nocera used NetBeans to generate
a Canonical XML Schema and found that because NetBeans provided 3
different views to work with, the conversions were much easier.

4. Creating
Scrollable JDesktopPane on NetBeans -- Sidudun, 3/9
Arif N. used NetBeans for creating a Multiple Document Interface
application, and found it made Swing GUI development "far easier." Arif
also shared the source code of what he developed.

5. NetBeans
as a platform for software -- Miscellaneous notes from BM,
3/9
The blogger evaluated NetBeans as a platform for creating plugins and
applications, and said, "quite nice stuff, technically way better than
Eclipse and overall impression is pleasant."

6. RubyMine,
an IDE for Ruby, Rails and so much more -- The dynamic
programmer, 3/9
The blogger discussed his RubyMine experience, and said, "NetBeans with
Ruby support was the one that provided the best IDE experience so far."
He also included a list of the shared features of RubyMine and NetBeans
that he liked the most.

8. Simple web project
file management -- Delicious robots blog, 3/8
In sharing his file management system for personal files, Stephen A.
said he uses NetBeans 6.7 M2 as his personal IDE and was happy to see
that it offered excellent PHP / HTML support. Stephen included his
source code as well.

9. NetBeans
Eclipse Comparison -- Technology, Architecture and loads of
fun...., 3/7
Senthilkumar Ravindran had low opinions for non-Eclipse IDE's before
using NetBeans 6.5, but found NetBeans was superior in UI, UML
modeling, and greater focus on J2EE environments. He concluded his post
by saying that he looked forward to seeing a "David vs. Goliath fight"
between NetBeans and Eclipse.

10. NetBeans
6.7 M2, PHP and Remote Development -- Kingdom of Roi, 3/5
Roy Buyuksimkesyan liked using NetBeans so much he decided to give up
on other tools - Zend Studio and VI. Roy enjoyed the NetBeans UI and
useability on his Mac, but disappointed it did not have a remote server
explorer and couldn't open files by just browsing the file explorer.

Sunday Feb 22, 2009

1. NetBeans
= Best Maven IDE? -- Java and more, 2/17
Peter Karich showed what is possible with Maven 2.0.9 in NetBeans 6.5
in a step by step tutorial.

2. I
love NetBeans 7! -- Nice
Words, 2/16
The blogger tested a build of NetBeans 7 that according to him was
stable, beautiful and really helped him to get his work done. After
further testing, he commented, "NetBeans 7 is really going to rock!"

3. NetBeans
6.5, JavaFX 1.0, Groovy and arithmetic training --
Kontrawize, 2/15
Anthony Coates strongly suggested the use of NetBeans for JavaFX
development since the IDE offered built-in JavaFX support. He also
updated developers about the availability of a slim version of NetBeans
that offered bits for Java and JavaFX development, though it was much
smaller than the "complete" NetBeans version.

8. The
Big PHP IDE Test: Why Use One And Which To Choose -- Smashing
Magazine, 2/11
The blogger James evaluated popular IDEs and suggested each IDE for
different reasons. James concluded that "both PDT and NetBeans are
good. ... If editing tools and code completion are more important to
you, then pick NetBeans. NetBeans is a bit more responsive, too."

Saturday Feb 14, 2009

1. NetBeans
is Getting Better -- My Open Source Software Development Blog, 2/10
The blogger was writing an article about how to do formatting with
Microlog and discussed his experiences working with Eclipse and
NetBeans. He had been using Eclipse as his predominant IDE but said,
"It is a real shame that after all these years, Eclipse still have
problems when it comes to Java ME development." In the end, he
downloaded the current NetBeans and said, "My first impression is that
NetBeans has matured since the last time I used it."

2. 'Profile Me Now' Feature in
NetBeans 7 Milestone 2 -- Pro NetBeans, 2/10
The New and Noteworthy page for NetBeans 7 Milestone 2 notes a new
feature called 'Profile Me Now' that will soon be added to the IDE --
enabling users to activate the diagnostic tool, perform some action or
set of actions and then deactivate the diagnostic tool. "This will
generate a standard NetBeans Profiler snapshot which can then be
submitted to the NB team for analysis," the blogger concluded.

3. NetBeans
6.5 and Python -- Geeky Blog, 2/9
Jett tried using NetBeans 6.5 as his IDE for developing a Python-based
Google Talk bot program this weekend. Prior to this project, he always
used PyDev plugin for Eclipse. After using NetBeans, Jett found a few
features that appealed to him were syntax highlighting, auto indention,
auto completion and debugging. He concluded, "NetBeans is almost
becoming the default IDE for everything I do in Grails, Python, and the
occasional quick Java POCs."

4. NetBeans
6.5 as a Cute and free IDE for PHP -- Mike Borozdin's Blog,
2/8
Mike Borozdin believed that NetBeans was mostly known for Java
developers as a good and free IDE. He also noted that recently,
NetBeans started supporting other languages, such as C/C++, Ruby and
finally PHP. Mike concluded, "NetBeans has it all. Furthermore, it works
greatly with JavaScript that was a quite a surprise for me after a
while working with Eclipse."

5. NetBeans
6.5 - my number one PHP IDE -- Juozas devBlog, 2/8
The blogger was inspired to try NetBeans after reading several articles
about it. He liked how NetBeans offered integrated SVN support,
projects, debugging Windows/Linux support, and more. He said he
disliked the lack of integrated project synchronization over FTP and
slow processing with large projects, but concluded, "Overall it's just
a wonderful tool - stable, helpful and being actively developed. Give
it a try!"

Sunday Feb 08, 2009

1. NetBeans's
new Python type inferencing -- Andreas Jacobsen's Distraction, 1/31
Andreas Jacobsen has some interesting thoughts on what an IDE should
and should not do for him. He picked NetBeans' auto-completion feature
that added a type of annotation to function/method parameters in Python
to illustrate his thought process.

2. NetBeans
vs. Eclipse -- 1500 Hours, 1/28
Chiun Lin was initially disappointed to see that the GUI tutorial he
found used the NetBeans IDE instead of Eclipse, since he had already
downloaded Eclipse. However, after further investigation, Chiun
discovered that NetBeans was actually a better IDE for implementing GUI
in Java. After trying it out, he concluded, "NetBeans' GUI builder is
so good I wish I had such a good builder when I was coding my MEng
project. The drag and drop visual builder would have made my life
easier and made my project look prettier."

3. Why I Switched from Eclipse PDT
to NetBeans IDE -- 2 Tablespoons, 1/28
Chad Kieffer had started a post highlighting the recent Eclipse PDT 2.0
release, but very soon found himself dropping the post and the Eclipse
IDE altogether. He cited various reasons for this change; the most
important one being the inability of Eclipse's JSDT plugins to support
today's popular JavaScript frameworks, including dojo, jQuery, and YUI.
Chad praised NetBeans, noting, "I'm impressed, particularly since this
is the first NetBeans release to support PHP editing. NetBeans came
with everything I needed out of the box."

Monday Feb 02, 2009

1. NetBeans
IDE Delivers For C/C++ Development -- All In A Day's Work, 1/25
After a search and test of various compilers, debuggers, make utilities
and editors, blogger Jubz N'Djamena believed that NetBeans 6.5 IDE
delivered best in a centralized integrated environment. He noted that
Sun had built a separate NetBeans IDE for C/C++ development that quite
nicely integrated with Cygwin tools. Jubz commented,"It can't be easier
than this," and called NetBeans "quick, intuitive and straightforward."

2. My
latest addiction -- Joseph Sniderman, 1/25
Joseph Sniderman begins by declaring, "NetBeans. I'm hooked. I admit
it." Following the recommendations of a recently purchased book on Java
development, Joseph installed NetBeans and fell in love. He is using
the IDE to develop a web application that could be used by a diner or
small restaurant to track sales.

3. NetBeans for C++?
-- Susheel's Blog, 1/24
Blogger Susheel is using NetBeans primarily for C++ development. He
found the IDE "solidly built" and easy to navigate with "clean and
sweet" interface. He added that not only did NetBeans run smoothly, but
also boasted "excellent fast code completion features." He enjoyed the
intellisense feature, and noted that the real-time syntax checker also
deserved praise. In the end, Susheel was extremely impressed.

4. NetBeans
revisited: Code Completion for Code-igniter -- My Beloved PHP, 1/23
The blogger found NetBeans a different kind of software. "Netbeans 6.5
is good software, out of the box it offers code completion and
validation for PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript including JQuery and
Mootools," he noted. He added that NetBeans also let users easily
implement CodeIgniter powers, which offers code completion for native
Active record classes, libraries and helper functions.

5. Extremely
Useful NetBeans Shortcuts -- PHP Magazine, 1/23
Victor Farazdagi had been solely relying on NetBeans for PHP and Java
coding, and was absolutely delighted with its performance. He
exclaimed, "So far, it's beyond my wildest expectations. I am totally
satisfied with that great IDE." Victor was pleased to discover several
time-saving keyboard shortcuts, and was inspired to share several of
his own shortcuts.

Monday Jan 26, 2009

1. PHP and
NetBeans! -- Thinking Me!, 1/18
Muhammad Usman had tried using various IDEs to get PHP driven web
applications germinated. After using Eclipse for about 2 months,
Muhammad stumbled across NetBeans and realized that it was far better
than Eclipse. His favorite feature are intelliSense, project and task
management, remote project development, function help, smarty syntax
support and integrated database query editor.

2. NetBeans
IDE feature I would
like to see inside Visual Studio -- A Developer On A Few Platforms,
1/17
Andrew Rea opened his post declaring "NetBeans is my IDE of choice at
the moment for my Java development." He stated that there were two
features that he wished would be included in Visual Studio out of the
box; namely the ability to encapsulate a selection of fields or the
ability to select the fields users would like to encapsulate inside a
GUI Dialog.

3. Developing
with NetBeans IDE -- Useful Ubuntu, 1/15
The blogger, an avid developer, had tried out many IDEs. He likes
NetBeans the most because he can continue working on his program edits
in NetBeans regardless of the OS he was using. He used NetBeans
on Windows, Mac and Linux, and cross-platform support of NetBeans got a
big plus in his book.

4. NetBeans
6.5 review from a PHP hack -- Unix Admin Corner, 1/14
NetBeans 6.5 made a big appeal to James with its excellent PHP support.
Though James asserted that NetBeans needed some nips and tucks here and
there, he really enjoyed the CSS module and the PHP editor since they
both helped him find bugs that would otherwise have gone unnoticed.
James liked quite a lot of other features in NetBeans including
integration of the database explorer, jMaki, the variable/function auto
completion option in PHP mode, and the HTML preview mode among others.
He wrote, "I do highly recommend that all PHP coders give it a try."

5. A
new PHP IDE rolls into town - NetBeans -- Mad PPC, 1/13
Brad was pleasantly surprised to see that NetBeans now not only
supported PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, Groovy and Python, but also boasted
great HTML support. He wrote, "This IDE has the makings of something
great, it's free, and it supports the syntax of many languages." He
went on to compare NetBeans with Zend IDE 5.5, and concluded that
NetBeans "won hands down."

6. Kudos
To The NetBeans Team -- Simon's Blog, 1/12
Simon Brocklehurst congratulated the NetBeans team for the fabulous
work they had done on the NetBeans IDE. He loved NetBeans for its
ability to provide a fantastic integrated environment for writing all
programming and mark-up code, and for rapid deployment of services to
the test environment. He noted that NetBeans handles multiple
programming languages and system services easily, which is the highest
test of efficiency for any IDE. Praising NetBeans Simon exclaimed,
"It's seriously impressive. I recommend it highly."

Thursday Dec 18, 2008

1. PHP
Support in NetBeans 6.5 -- SitePoint, 12/16
Kevin Yank was impressed with NetBeans 6.5. He highlighted that
NetBeans not only supported Java but also Ruby and PHP out of the box,
which should appeal to all web developers. He wrote, "Surprisingly,
that support is so good that it now compares favorably to more
established competitors like Eclipse, Komodo IDE, and Zend Studio." He
concluded his post with high praise for the IDE. "NetBeans isn't a toy
for learning Java anymore. These days, it's a powerful, multi-language
development environment that's free for the taking. If you work on
sizable PHP projects and you're not using an IDE like NetBeans, you
might be surprised at how much time a tool like this can save you!"

2. NetBeans 6.5
(now with Python support) -- LastStation.net, 12/16
Radim Marek noted that the flexibility of NetBeans was becoming more
and more important for many of his personal projects. He was impressed
with the much improved Java support and C/C++ integration features,
which helped him create the same environment on all the different
platforms he was using. He was also pleased that Python support was now
available as standard plugin or as a standalone platform. According to
Radim, NetBeans is turning into a perfect replacement for any solution
currently available. As a developer, it is difficult is to even
consider switching to different IDE, but he urged his readers to give
it a try: "After a first couple of hours, it's clear winner."

3. NetBeans
review -- GS Design, 12/15
Gabi Solomon, a long-time fan and user of Zend Studio, had been hearing
a lot of buzz about NetBeans 6.5 and decided to give it a try. Gabi
noted that the NetBeans interface was very intuitive and easy to use.
He added that support for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and all the major
JavaScript frameworks was a major plus for the IDE (and something he
missed in Zend Studio). He further noted that the autocomplete
templates were another useful feature, adding that these features were
crucial when working on large projects. Among the other features that
Gabi found appealing were the Refactoring and To-do List options.

4. NetBeans
UML Plugin Just Got Better -- Another aL, 12/11
Joni Farizal downloaded and installed NetBeans 6.5, and used it to make
UML diagrams for documenting his system. He demonstrated a few key
features in NetBeans that are useful when using diagrams, including the
floating toolbar and snapping object location function. He added that
he hoped NetBeans would continue to improve.

Tuesday Dec 09, 2008

1. NetBeans
6.5 Released With PHP And Grails Support -- The Untangled Web, 12/2
James is happy with the "bushel basket of enhancements and
improvements" in NetBeans 6.5. Highlighting the inclusion of PHP and
Grails as the most noteworthy of the new features, he felt that
developers will save hours of frustration by speeding up coding
practices with code-completion and debugging features.

2. My
New IDE: NetBeans -- Kevin van Zonneveld, 12/2
Kevin tested out NetBeans 6.5 as an alternative to his usual IDE,
Eclipse. He immediately found NetBeans easier to use. Kevin was
surprised to see how SVN, CVS, CSS, SQL and even support for jQuery
were already included, whereas in Eclipse it all had to be added
manually. He also mentioned that adding features was simple, and
the plug-in system always "just works."

3. Best
IDE IN JAVA - NetBeans 6.5 OpenSource IDE -- Fall in to Java, 12/2
Mahasarathi described NetBeans as a free, open-source IDE for software
developers that offers all the tools users needed to create
professional desktop, enterprise, web and mobile applications in Java,
C/C++ and a variety of dynamic languages. He found it extremely easy to
install and could use straight out of the box.

4. NetBeans
6.5 review -- CodeUtopia, 12/1
Jani Hartikainen tried out NetBeans 6.5 and its new PHP related
functionality. He cited examples of NetBeans being better than Zend
Studio with code-assist for built-ins that displays more information
and links to PHP manual. He was elated with "free" NetBeans offering
more features than the commercial big names. He concluded, "NetBeans
6.5 is officially my new favorite PHP/web-dev IDE."

5. And
now NetBeans 6.5 is there in my Ubuntu-8.10 -- James Selvakumar's
Blog, 11/30
James Selvakumar, who had been using NetBeans since version 4.1, found
the recent 6.5 release simply "fantastic!" He loved NetBeans because it
was fast, responsive and sported amazingly new cool features. James
also noticed that installing NetBeans in Ubuntu was very easy, and
hence decided to give it a go on his Ubuntu-8.10.

6. The
Elegance of NetBeans -- Drawing a Blank, 11/30
Jason Whaley had used Eclipse for approximately 90% of his work on Java
applications. He decided to give NetBeans 6.5 a quick try and was
pleasantly surprised to notice that its maven integration was as
simplistic and direct as one could have imagined. Jason remarked upon
the elegance of the IDE and how seamlessly it integrated with his Mac
OS X UI.

7. NetBeans
Rich Client Platform: A Seven-Part Video Series --
cld.blog-city.com, 11/29
Charles Ditzel noted that even in a world filled with Flex, JavaFX and
SilverLight, Rich Client Platform (RCP) and plugin (or module)-based
systems like NetBeans and Eclipse could flourish because RCP platforms
offered the best ways to create large, coherent, distribute and modular
applications. He informed users that there were many examples of
NetBeans RCP applications, out of which the most compelling one was
BlueMarine.

8. NetBeans,
your IDE, and your community -- John O'Conner's Blog, 11/25
John O'Conner submitted a bug against NetBeans 6.1. When a NetBeans
engineer was able to evaluate the problem, John received an email
loaded with comments and questions just for him. He exclaimed, "What an
amazing experience! I was impressed by the team's commitment to engage
with its community, to interact directly with an individual." He was
even more surprised to get another follow-up email letting him know
that the bug fix had been integrated into NetBeans 6.5.

9. NetBeans
6.5 + Glassfish v3 Prelude + Jersey 1.0 -- Simon's Blog, 11/24
Simon was excited to witness the release of some great software coming
out of Sun Microsystems, and commented, "I recommend giving a new
combination of Sun software a try: the just-released NetBeans 6.5 IDE;
the just-released Glassfish v3 Prelude app server; and Jersey 1.0."
With this combination, developers can design, implement and deploy web
services in a very timely and productive manner.

Monday Dec 01, 2008

1. NetBeans
6.5 - What's New? -- Dr. Dobb's CodeTalk, 11/19
Eric Bruno noted that NetBeans 6.5 is an improved platform that focused
on different languages and technologies. Eric observed that apart from
including a wide range of new features that include enhanced support
for PHP code editing and debugging, language enhancements, and a new
debugger with support for multi-threaded debugging, the major addition
from Sun in this release was of tools and support for JavaFX projects.
He advised developers to take a look at the official NetBeans IDE to
learn more about the full set of changes, additions, and enhancements.

2. NetBeans
6.5 -- Javamancy,
11/19
The blogger discussed the release of NetBeans 6.5, saying, "I've been
itching to have a plethora of development capabilities integrated into
a single unified interface that does not require me to constantly scour
the Internet." He went on to predict that the convergence between
NetBeans and Eclipse would undoubtedly continue well into the future,
but asserted that one of the 'big things' that NetBeans 6.5 brought on
a platter, was the long-awaited official support for more dynamic
languages. He advocates NetBeans as "part of the primary development
rig at DevPal and Javamancy."

3. Simplify
Development | NetBeans 6.5 -- N, Varun, 11/20
Varun called NetBeans 6.5 "Only IDE You Still Need," and discussed some
of the new features, including a robust IDE for PHP, JavaScript,
Debugging for Firefox and IE, and support for Groovy and Grails. Varun
wrote, "Combining excellent out of the box experience, compelling
features, and a great plugin ecosystem, NetBeans IDE 6.5 is a
must-download for developers."

4. NetBeans
6.5 final released, now with PHP support -- JavaMidlet,
11/19
The blogger said that the NetBeans 6.5 release was "the moment a lot of
us have been waiting for." He called NetBeans IDE 6.5 a "significant
update to NetBeans IDE 6.1," and gave a quick summary of the various
features that were added to NetBeans including the new IDE-wide
QuickSearch shortcut, a more user-friendly interface, and automatic
Compile on Save. The blogger also noted that the availability of
enhanced support for web frameworks, the GlassFish application server,
and databases enabled smoother functioning.

5. Development
Simplified - NetBeans 6.5 Released -- NetBeans
Adventures, Java and more, 11/19
The blogger, Sven, informed readers that NetBeans IDE 6.5 was the
"latest release of Sun's award-winning open-source IDE that enabled
developers to rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile
applications with Java, C/C++, and JavaScript" and more. He said
NetBeans is a "must-download for developers." He further added
highlights for Java developers, and said that the IDE also offered an
Early Access preview for Python.

6. Congratulations
NetBeans (updated) -- Bearfruit, 11/19
Matthew Nuzum had "been using the pre-release versions but as expected
experienced some problems that prevented me from using it seriously."
Matthew was excited with NetBeans 6.5 because of the simple debugging
feature option and the first class status that was given to PHP. He
observed that the PHP feature had improved dramatically since the last
release, and further requested the NetBeans team to add a Django
support built in feature in their next release by saying, "I noticed
some of the milestone builds had Django support so hopefully this isn't
a far-fetched request."

Sunday Sep 14, 2008

1. Current
winner for JSF development: NetBeans -- Musings by Seref Arikan, 9/8
Seref Arikan was porting a Google Web Toolkit project and said, "I have
to admit it that none of the choices I've tested on Eclipse is a match
for NetBeans 6.1." According to Seref, the solutions on the Eclipse
platform for JSF development aren't very intuitive.

2. Getting back into java
using
NetBeans -- Development and Stuff, 9/8
Marius van Zundert said that when he had first worked with NetBeans, it
had been buggy and slow, and he had been forced to do his Java work on
Eclipse in spite of the many incompatibility issues that cropped up.
Now however, Marius wrote, "things have changed, because I've been
working with NetBeans for the last couple of weeks (both Mac and Fedora
versions) and I rather like using it. It's quick, easy to setup and
doesn't have some of the buggy things we take for granted with the
Eclipse IDE."

3. Diffing
Files In NetBeans 6.5 - In Favourites, Without projects --
Adam Bien's Weblog, 9/7
Adam Bien wrote a small comment on how easy it was to diff two files,
without even having or creating a project in NetBeans. "NetBeans opens
a nice diff view, which allows even moving different blocks back and
forth between the two files," wrote Adam.

4. Mavenized
projects in NetBeans 6.1 -- Java and more ..., 9/6
Peter Karich had Mavenized timefinder to allow developer coding in
IDE's other than NetBeans. Peter admitted that he was new to Maven but
still thought that NetBeans 6.1's support was good and better than
Eclipse's. "A really great feature within NetBeans: you can resolve
dependencies very easy," wrote Peter.

5. NetBeans
IDE for Ruby on Rails -- Paul's Jabber, 9/6
Paul Kolozsvari wrote about getting started with Ruby on Rails. Paul
had been searching for an IDE to make his work easier, and with
NetBeans 6.1, he had "finally found something that I am happy with."

6. A
Look At Free/OpenSource Cross-Platform Installers -- Sunny Talks
Tech, 9/3
Saptarshi Purkayastha looked at the different Open Source
Cross-Platform Installers available, saying, "we, as software
programmers forget the importance of easy distribution and easy
installation of software that we develop." After some research,
Saptarshi decided to work with the NetBeans installer, saying that
NetBeans provided a completely customizable and powerful installer
framework.

Friday Aug 22, 2008

1. NetBeans
6.5 beta - Useful Productivity Enhancements for Java EE, Missing Some
Features As Well -- Adam Bien's Weblog, 8/20
Adam Bien posted some feedback on 6.5 Beta after working with NetBeans
for some time. He pointed out that Field Level Access is
generated now for Entities, but that they are still marked as
serializable, which he felt was unnecessary. Adam also listed some
features that he thought would be nice additions, such as a design
query function, code completion in XML for Java Code and support for
orm.xml.

2. So
you can't afford
DreamWeaver -- Symbioxys, 8/18
Xander Erkamp said that when NetBeans 6.5 releases, you could just
download the full installer and PHP would be integrated. Xander noted,
"NetBeans is a one stop shop for a developer on the road to open source
freedom."

3. NetBeans
IDE 6.5 Beta for PHP Developers -- More Than Scratch The
Surface, 8/18
Stephen Cronin said that the NetBeans IDE 6.5 Beta had just been
released and that it now catered to PHP developers. He noted that
NetBeans is small to download, has built in debugger, and further
added, "There's no doubt that NetBeans is the one to seriously
consider."

4. Maven-like
Dependency Management for NetBeans Projects -- David
Heffelfinger's Notes on Software Development, Technology, and Life, 8/17
David Heffelfinger became a NetBeans fan because of its outstanding
support for Maven. He noted that as he worked with NetBeans he came to
appreciate many of its features, such as Visual Web JSF development,
JSF CRUD generation, automatic generation of JPA entities from an
existing schema, etc.

5. NetBeans
6.5 Beta -- Narnio, 8/16
The blogger said that NetBeans 6.5 Beta fixed a bug in recognizing the
names of function parameters that he'd been experiencing from version
5.5. The blogger also liked the new style for debugging and code
editing. The blogger added that with larger web applications NetBeans
6.5 hung and stopped responding.

6. NetBeans
6.5 PHP edition -- ActiveCodeline, 8/15
Branko Ajzele said that good code completion is one of the features he
expects in a good IDE and he found that in NetBeans 6.5 it looks
awesome. Branko said that there are still some issues with NetBeans;
but he felt more comfortable now, using NetBeans than using Zend or
NuSpere.

7. NetBeans
6.5 impressive ~! -- My Brain Served !, 8/15
Chandra Garre said that the C++ development features in NetBeans 6.5
Beta were very impressive and that it had excellent code completion. He
noted that he preferred NetBeans 6.5 Beta to VC 2008, but added VC uses
less RAM.

8. NetBeans
development process rocks! -- Van Couvering Is Not a Verb,
8/14
After more than 17 years of working on large software projects, David
Van Couvering felt that NetBeans had one of the best development
processes he'd ever seen, and commented, "NetBeans follows a beautiful
middle path - not too much process, but not too little."

9. NetBeans
6.5 beta is out -- Not Geekly Correct, 8/13
The blogger said that he used NetBeans 6.1 to develop on Ruby on Rails
and found its editor to be, "fantastic and powerful." The blogger noted
that 6.5 was faster than 6.1, and that its PHP/JS support worked very
well.

10. NetBeans
IDE 6.5 Beta - Auto Download for Subversion Client 1.5 in
Windows -- NetBeans, 8/13
Tushar Joshi pointed out that the NetBeans IDE 6.5 Beta no longer
needed a Subversion client installed on a Windows XP machine. Tushar
commented that the NetBeans IDE 6.5 Beta took a good step by providing
the bundled Subversion client, making the installation and use of
Subversion even easier.

11. NetBeans
6.5 Beta Is Available...Grab It and Test! -- The JJ
Blogger - Java, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and More..., 8/13
Josh Juneau had been testing NetBeans 6.5 Beta and felt that users
would be pleased with the latest release. Josh liked the Groovy/Grails
support, and added that users would appreciate the automatic deploy on
save feature.

12. NetBeans
6.5 Beta Released -- Sunny Talks Tech, 8/13
According to Saptarshi Purkayastha, NetBeans is "the only IDE that you
need." He noted that new features were quickly implemented and each
development team coordinated with all the quality managers and
community to get the best features out in this version. Saptarshi
commented, "The new database tools for designing queries, and viewing
connections, tables, views, procedures is great. It's still a work in
progress, but I must say it's a pretty good job for a first-time
release."

Friday Aug 15, 2008

1. NetBeans
Code Folding and the Case for Code Folding -- Dustin's Software
Development Cogitations and Speculations, 8/11
Dustin Marx makes a case for code folding and explains how to use it in
NetBeans 6.1. NetBeans provides automatic code folding for import
statements, and Dustin finds the advantage of automatic IDE-provided
code folding is that the code is not touched in any way.

2. Real-world
experience with the new NetBeans PHP and JavaScript editors -- Van
Couvering Is Not a Verb, 8/7
David Van Couvering downloaded the daily build of the NetBeans PHP
bundle for 6.5 and started working with it. He felt very comfortable
and productive in this environment and commented, "The PHP support even
has FTP integration to make it easy to push to a remote site."

3. NetBeans
6.5 - Project Properties Additions -- The JJ Blogger - Java,
Oracle, PostgreSQL, and More..., 8/6
The new features of NetBeans 6.5 that Josh Juneau liked included Groovy
and PHP support as well as automatic project deployment on save. He
also liked the addition of the JavaScript Libraries to the project
properties menu, which gives users the ability to add their own
libraries.

4. Project-based
formatting in NetBeans 6.5 -- Big Al's Blog, 8/6
As a part of the NetBeans Community Acceptance Testing (NetCAT)
Programme, Allan Lykke Christensen gets to try out all the new features
planned and influence how they will work before being released to the
general public. An upcoming feature that Allan liked was formatting by
project, and hoped that the next NetBeans version would also make
template management by project.

3. NetBeans
6.5 M1 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly -- Test Early, 8/4
The blogger, who is currently writing a complex Java EE and a
relatively simple Groovy and Grails applications, found
great NetBeans features including database support within the IDE,
convenience in creating, updating and querying tables directly, wizard
enabled IDE for working with Java Persistence API, and web service
development assistance.

4. First
Night With JavaFX and NetBeans - First Impression, Some Smoke
-- Adam Bien's Weblog, 8/3
Adam Bien found JavaFX preview download and installation to be very
smooth and quick. Adam mentioned that Java FX Tooling came with a lot
of examples, and he liked faster code completion, consistent preview
works functionality, well-integrated compilation processes,
availability of non-visual drag and drop support and tooling similar to
the NetBeans 6.0 based.

5. Faster
Builds with Maven in Netbeans -- I Like Spam, 8/2
Roger Keays provided a few tips to help Java developers improve the
speed of compile/deploy round-tripping in NetBeans. Specifically, Roger
examined changing maven build actions, skipping test cases and using
debug instead of run when compiling.

6. NetBeans
JSF CRUD Generator Gets Ajax Support -- David
Heffelfinger's Notes on Software Development, Technology, and Life, 8/2
David Heffelfinger liked NetBeans' JSF CRUD generator. He explained
that with the CRUD generator utility, NetBeans could create a complete
JSF application from existing JPA entities. David added that the recent
improvements in the CRUD generator have made it more appealing.

7. Why
NetBeans? -- Java and more ... 8/2
Peter Karich had been using NetBeans from version 3 and is still a
happy camper. He liked that the IDE is free, easy to use, and offers
great support.

8. NetBeans
Database Explorer gets a facelift -- Manish Bharani, 7/31
Manish Bharani commented that the database explorer had predominantly
been a database query tool with minimal graphically supported SQL, but
the new DataView NetBeans module provided many new features for
existing NetBeans database explorers, as well as a contemporary look
and feel to the existing explorer.

9. A
novice Scala programmer: Eclipse vs. IntelliJ IDEA vs. Netbeans.
-- Programmer`s thoughts, 7/31
This post concludes a 5 part series on using Scala on different IDE's
where Vladimir Kelman looked at the pros and cons of 3 IDE's: Eclipse,
IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans. Vladimir commented that NetBeans was free,
worked well, and was easy to use. Although there was little Scala
documentation for Scala development, it was so easy to use that it
didn't worry him.

10. NetBeans
scripting IDE #1? Grails try-out... -- Blogging about
Software Development, 7/31
Arjen van Schie had used NetBeans in the past and said that support for
Ruby, Ruby on Rails and JavaFX was much better in NetBeans compared to
Eclipse. "After working with the new NetBeans editor I must say I'm
impressed with how easy it was to create this Grails app, without any
experience with Grails or Groovy," wrote Arjen.